[council] Petition

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

VeriSign (the registrar) has finally posted comments to the registrar list 
regarding the issue of intra-registrar transfers:  
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg01287.html

The implications of Bruce Beckwith's statement (as noted by Ross Rader in a 
follow-up message) are that VRSN will only deal with the registrar's 
consensus document (other than voting not to ratify it) if it is pursued as a 
consensus policy within the ICANN framework.  

I have the following comments to make:

First, I have no reason to believe that the Registrar constituency will be 
capable of internally resolving this issue.
Second, only a consensus policy can bind all participants within the ICANN 
process.
Third, the registrant community needs this issue resolved in a timely manner.

Please note that our ByLaws state that "Constituencies or GA participants may 
propose that the NC consider domain name policies or recommendations."  As a 
GA participant, and as one concerned with the need to rapidly resolve an 
issue that has impacted registrants worldwide,  I am now formally petitioning 
the Council to initiate procedures that will lead to the formulation of a 
domain name policy that addresses the issue of intra-registrar transfers.  
This matter has been on the table for over three months already without 
resolution; it's time to get on with the job.

Best regards,
Danny Younger